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- Title
Environmental exposure to cadmium, forearm bone density, and risk of fractures: prospective population study. Public Health and Environmental Exposure to Cadmium (PheeCad) Study Group.
- Authors
Staessen, J A; Roels, H A; Emelianov, D; Kuznetsova, T; Thijs, L; Vangronsveld, J; Fagard, R
- Abstract
Chronic low-level exposure to cadmium may promote calcium loss via urinary excretion. We undertook a prospective population study to investigate whether environmental exposure to cadmium lowers bone density and increases risk of fractures.
- Publication
Lancet (London, England), 1999, Vol 353, Issue 9159, p1140
- ISSN
0140-6736
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1016/s0140-6736(98)09356-8